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VERY RARE gilded & embossed illustrated hardcover book. "Vagabonding Under Sail" By W. I. B. Crealock. This is the First UK Edition, published by Peter Davies Ltd., London, 1952. 8vo, 20.3 cm x 13.8 cm x 3 cm, Blue cloth-covered boards, Gilt embossed lettering on spine, Clear embossed publisher's logo on back cover, Decorated end papers (map of the Content's voyage), Some unevenly cut pages, Glossy printed dust-jacket. 304 pages. Weight: 418 Grams. CONTENTS ARE LIKE NEW!!! However, dust-jacket is clipped, rubbed, foxed, marked, scuffed, damaged & torn round edges. Spine is clean & sturdy, slightly bumped & scuffed either end, gilt a little dull, binding tight! Cover is clean, small bump on front, edge wear. Corners are slightly bumped & scuffed. Outer edges foxed. Small sticker on front end paper. Some pages (very few) have tiny corner folds/creases, and/or creasing alongside spine, and/or tiny edge bumps/nicks. Light age tanning & rare foxing throughout. VERY RARE UK FIRST EDITION, EXCELLENT CONDITION INSIDE!!! This is the story of the amazing voyage of the 40 foot Cutter the 'Content', which was built by 4 young men without much experience of boats, and then sailed from Falmouth to New York, through Gibraltar, British Guiana and the Caribbean Islands. With black & white illustrations on plates such as photographs, and drawings, diagrams & a map among text. Contents: I. The Hellman's Answer - The Beginning of it all. II. The Charm of it - We Acquire 'Content'. III. The Noiseless Wing - Falmouth to Vigo. IV. As a Cradled Child - Vigo to Lisbon. V. One Another's Noses - Cadiz and Gibraltar. VI. The Jingling of the Guinea - Gibraltar to Casablanca. VII. Time to Turn - The Canary Islands. VIII. Some Jocund Mourn - The Atlantic. IX. The Land of Beyond - British Guiana, a Trek. X. Among the Leaves - Interior of British Guiana. XI. A Conversation in His Eyes - Still British Guiana. XII. The Long Trail - British Guiana to Trinidad. XIII. Neither Rich Nor Gaudy - Grenada. XIV. Careless of Mankind - The Grenadines and Saint Vincent. XV. (By Ernest Chamberlain) The Desk's Dead Wood - Work and Play. XVI. Len's Impediment - Life in Saint Lucia. XVII. Cease Your Motion - Haiti. XVIII. (By Donald Hodge) Pilgrim's Master - Jamaica to the States. XIX. One Meal a Week - Key West to Carolina. XX. Gang Aft A-Gley - To New York. XXI. No Chance of Drowning - Inside the U.S.A. -Epilogue: Shadows From Her Sails. -Appendix. IN STOCK in the UK!!! We post the same day, or if that's not possible, the very next working day. Seller's Ref: 343-A. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-9921811893
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